Fare-box.



E. S. BUGKNAM.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2a, 1901;.

1,032,876. Patented July 16, 1912.

E. S. BUGKNAM.

Patented July 16, 1912.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2 UNITED sT 'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

EZRA s. nIIcxNaII, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, assIGNoIt 'ro THE .1.e. BRILL comm, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, a CORPORATION orPENNSYLVANIA.

FARE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed April 28, 1908. Serial No. 429,698.

.citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Fare-Boxes, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in fare boxes in which thefares inserted in the box pass into a removable receptacle which istaken from the box and opened to remove the contents.

My invention relates particularly to fare boxes used on what 'is termedpay-as-youenter cars and the fare box in this instance is secured to theplatform of the car or other conveyance.

The object of my invention is to so con struct the box that it willreceive the fares collected by a number of conductors without having toremove the receptacle when one conductor relieves another.

My invention relates further to other details of construction which willbe described hereafter.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1, is a perspective view of myimproved fare box, with the receptacle detached; Fig. 2, is a detachedperspective view of the recep tacle; Fig. 3, 1s a vertical sectionalview on the line 3-3, Fig. 4; Fig. 4, is a sectional view on the line44, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, is adetached perspective view of the receptacleshowing the door open and the drawer removed; Fig. 6, is a perspectiveView of the drawer; Fig. 7, is a sectional View on the line 77, Fig. 4;Fig. 8, is a sectional plan view on the line S8, F 4; and Fig. 9, is aperspective view of the pivoted chute.

Avis the body of the fare box, made as clearly shown in Fig. 1, having atapered portion a. surmounted by a glazed fare receiving section a. Thebody of the box is made of'metal in the present instance, although itmay be made of any suitable material-without departing from the mainfeatures of my invention.

In the sectiona is a series of deflecting plates a and the lowerdeflecting or chopper plate a is movable and operated by a lever a so asto allow the fares collected on the plate to be discharged into bolr. h

is te receptacle in which is mounte a detachable draw er C and thisdrawen as shown In Fig. 6, is divided by partitions into fourcompartments 0, 0 0 0*, and the mechanism 1s so constructed that thefares can be discharged into any one of the four compartments. Theobject of this construction is to allow the fares to accumulate in thebox for a day, for instance, and they need not be removed when oneconductor is relieved by another.

The receptacle B has four slots 6 in its I cover plate I) in the presentinstance and these slots can be closed by a slide D mounted in ways onthe undersideof the cover plate, and may be operated in the manner setforth In my Patent No. 901,778, dated October 20th, 1908.

Within the tapered portion a anddirectly under the glazed section a ofthe box is a funnel e, and under the funnel is a chute E pivoted at e, eto the casing A; the chute directs the fares into any one of the comthebody of the partments c, c 0 0, according to the point at which it isset.

I preferably provide a slotted partition a in the box directly above thereceptacle; the slots in the partition being in line with the slots inthe receptacle. The end of the chute E is arranged so near the partitiona that the fares cannot escape from the chute into the space above thepartition.

Attached to the chute E is an operating knob E which projects through aslot a in the casing of the box A, and the Walls of this slotarenumbered 1 to 4, sothat when the knob is opposite No. 1 on the slot, theend of the chute will direct the fare into the compartment 0 of thedrawer and when it is opposite the other figures the end of the chutewill direct the fare into the corresponding compartments.

In order to lock the chute in any one of the four positions in which itis adjusted, I secure a segment E to the chute, having a series ofnotches 6 Fig. 9, with which en-' gages the bolt on alock E so that whenit is desired to shift the chute the key is in- .the receptacle-from thebox.

sorted in the lock and the bolt withdrawn to free the chute, when it canbe moved into any one of the four positions, onthe teethof thesegmentmay be made mclmedon one side, asin Fig. 9, and the bolt of thelock may be a spring bolt so that the chute can be moved forward a notchat a time but cannot be returned unless the bolt of the lock iswithdrawn, therefore the chute can be set at the beginning of the dayinline with the first compartment 0' and then moved for- .ward one notchas one conductor takes the place of another. I v .The receptacle B, 1norder to provide for the reception of the drawer C, is made in thefollowing manner :-The mechan1sm for operating the slide D is containedwith1n a compartment B separated from the mam portlon B by a partition bas clearly shown in Fig. 5, so that the drawer C can fill thecompartment B without interfer ng with the operating mechanism for thesllde. The slide D is attached to the spindle f of the lock F by a linkf and levers f; the lever being loose -on the shaft and the hub of thelever is slotted for the passage of the pin mounted on the spindle, sothat,

there will be a'certain amount of lost motion between the shaft and thespindle to allow the slide to move first and close the slots before thebolt of the lock is retracted so that the receptacle can be removed fromthe box. The slide has'a hooked extension d in the present instance,which can engage the bolt 9 of the lock G on the door B, Fig. 7, of thereceptacle when the slide is moved to close the slots prior to theremoval of The mechanism for locking the box, the mechanism foroperating the slides and for locking the slides is fully set forth andclaimed inthe above mentioned patent.

The 0 eration is as follows he car in making its first trip in themorning has the chute E set to No. 1, and the end ofthe chute will be inline with the first compartment 0' and all the fares received by theconductor makin the run willvpass into this one box, an when anotherconductor reg-gees the first one he shifts the chute by ta g hold of theknob and moving it to No. 2 position in line with the compartment 0 of te drawer, thenthe fares of this conductor will pass into No. 2, and soon until the end of t e run for the day. The receptacle is then removedand taken ,to the depot and the drawer detached from the box and the carfares in each compartment of the drawer are counted separately; When thedrawer is removed from the receptacle another drawer is inserted in itsstead or the contents of the first drawer can be quickly emptied and thedrawer replaced. In some instances, it may be desirable to have two setsof receptacles for each box so that as soon as one receptacle is removedit can be instantly replaced by another. The chopper plate a is actuatedin the present instance by a lever a, pivoted at a. One arm of the leverprojects through a slot in the casing Ain easy reach of the conductorand the other arm of the lever is connected to a rod a adapted toguides, which rod is connected by a link 11, to a plate n secured to thechopper platform a". This platform is preferably madeof glass and issecured to the frame in any ordinary manner. A spring n attached at oneend to the inner arm of the lever and to the casing tends to keep thechopper platform in its closed position.

When the tickets accumulate on the chopper platform, the conductorraises the lever a and allows the tickets to fall into the hopper e andthey pass through the hopper to the proper compartment.

The glazed fare receiving section is fully set forth and claimed in anapplication for patent filed by myself and George B. Kohler, even dateherewith, under Serial No. 429,738.

I claim 1. The combination in a fare box, of a body portion, areceptacle therein having a series of compartments, a pivoted chuteadapted to aline with any one of said compartments, means for allowingthe chute to move in one direction and means for preventing the chutemoving in the opposite direction, and locking mechanism for controllingsaid last mentioned means, whereby on the operation of the lock thechute can be returned to its first position. I

2. The combination in a farebox, of a body portion, a receptacle thereinhaving a series of compartments, a pivoted chute adapted to aline withany one of said compartments, a toothed segment on the chute, and a lockso arranged as to engage the teeth of the segment and secure the chutein position. r

3. The combination in a fare box, of a body portion, a receptacletherein having a series of compartments, a pivoted chute adapted toaline with any one of said compart-ments, a segment having teeth beveledon one side, a lock having a spring bolt adapted to engage the teeth sothat the chute can be moved in one direction but will be prevented frommoving in the opposite direction by the lock.

4. The combination in a fare box, of a body portion, a receptacletherein having a series of compartments, a pivoted chute adapted toaline with any one compartment,

a segment on the chute, a lock engaging the name to this specification,in the presence segment, an operatinlg krilob mil thfi clhutlzle, of twosubscribing witnesses. the casin havin a sot t rou w ic t e knob extends, @151 stop marks on the walls EZRA BUCKNAM' 5 of the slot coincidingwith the compartments Witnesses:

in the receptacle. Jos. H. KLEIN, In testimony whereof, I have signed myWM. A, BARR.

